EP 2645706 A2 20131002 - Programmable readout integrated circuit for an ionizing radiation sensor
Title (en)
Programmable readout integrated circuit for an ionizing radiation sensor
Title (de)
Integrierte Schaltung mit programmierbarer Ablesung für einen Ionisierungsstrahlungssensor
Title (fr)
Circuit intégré de lecture programmable pour détecteur de rayonnement ionisant
Publication
Application
Priority
US 201213432562 A 20120328
Abstract (en)
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-implemented method for setting an amplification gain of a pixel array. Specifically, among other things, embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-implemented infrastructure comprising: receiving an electrical signal from an ionizing radiation source at one or more pixel sensors of a plurality of pixel sensors within the pixel array; setting an amplification gain of the electrical signal at a charge sensitive amplifier by turning a switch on or off, wherein the switch connects the at least one or more pixel sensors to a respective capacitor; scanning the pixel array to determine the ionizing radiation source intensity; and generating a gain control signal based on the ionizing radiation source intensity.
IPC 8 full level
H04N 5/32 (2006.01); G01T 1/24 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G01T 1/247 (2013.01 - US); H04N 5/32 (2013.01 - US); H04N 25/30 (2023.01 - EP); H04N 25/57 (2023.01 - EP US); H04N 25/772 (2023.01 - US); H04N 25/773 (2023.01 - EP)
Citation (applicant)
- US 2011108735 A1 20110512 - RUETTEN WALTER [DE], et al
- US 5789737 A 19980804 - STREET ROBERT A [US]
- US 6633657 B1 20031014 - KUMP KENNETH SCOTT [US], et al
- US 2009168966 A1 20090702 - SUZUKI MASAKAZU [JP], et al
- US 2003035510 A1 20030220 - STROMMER PEKKA [FI]
- US 2009108207 A1 20090430 - LIU XINQIAO [US]
- US 2010171038 A1 20100708 - WIRTH STEFAN [DE]
- US 2010102241 A1 20100429 - ZELLER UWE [DE]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2645706 A2 20131002; EP 2645706 A3 20140416; US 2013256542 A1 20131003
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 13161614 A 20130328; US 201213432562 A 20120328